For flood victims in Bayelsa State, these are not the best of times given the losses that they have incurred. In this report, EBIOWEI LAWAL, after a visit to the internally displaced persons’ camp, writes about dashed hopes and the burden of starting again.
Flood is becoming one of the most common disasters regularly occurring in Bayelsa State. Barely six years after the 2012 flood ravaged about 95 per cent of the state and left sad memories in the heart of residents, the recent incident has displaced many residents from their homes just as it has also destroyed farm lands, schools and churches.
The current pattern, which experts predicted earlier at the beginning of the year, has shown that the state government and the people didn’t make adequate preparation as drainages and natural waterways were blocked when the flood came. As a consequence of…
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